Astyanax xavante

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax xavante

Name

Astyanax xavante Garutti & Venere, 2009

• Holotype: MZUSP 100375.
• Paratypes: MCP 43325 (45); MZUSP 100376 (102, 3 c&s)

Type locality: Barra do Garças, creek tributary to the córrego Avoadeira, inside Parque Estadual da Serra Azul, ca. 15°53'S, 52°15'W, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Etymology: The specific epithet xavante is a reference to the Xavante ethnic group, constituted by the natives inhabiting the Serra do Roncador and middle rio Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

References

• Garutti, V. & Venere, P.C., 2009: Astyanax xavante, a new species of characid from middle rio Araguaia in the Cerrado region, Central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 7 (3): 377–383. PDF

• Reis, K.V., Venere, P.C., Sampaio, I., Rêgo, P.S., Vallinoto, M. & Souza, I.L. 2015. Downstairs gene flow: the effects of a linear sequence of waterfalls on the only population of the endangered minnow Astyanax xavante. Journal of Fish Biology 87(3): 754–762. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12729 Reference page.